Portable pumping apparatus



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PoRTALE PUMPING APPARATUS.

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UNITED srATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

ERNEST o. CARZTWRIGHT, or SPRINGFIELD, oHIo, AssIGNoR To CHARLES r. GARDNER,

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PORTABLE PUMPING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern.'

VBe it known that I, ERNEST O. CART- wIzIGrrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of- Clark and State of Ohio, have invented anew and Improved Portable Pumping Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention, which relates to that class of pumping apparatus shownfin my application for Letters Patentfiled Oct. 25,1918,

Serial No. 259,668, and inv my application ject to provide certain new and useful improvements in regard to the means for cleaningk the screens of the settling tank andto that end the invention more specifically relates to the structure illustrated in my sec- In my application, Serial, No.

. vided a screen for separating the tank into a terial will be retained in one chamber while plurality of chambers whereby thefsolid mathe liquid material'will 'pass through the screen into the other chamber, and in that application Il have also disclosed means whereby the screen may be washed to free .it

from clinging matter. My present invention has for its object to provide animprovide means whereby the paddle members may be employed as Scrapers to scrape material from'the clinging surface vof the screen and in another embodiment of the `invention, the paddle mem'bers may have pro-v vision to act as washers to enable a stream ofl wash ,water to be projected against the stream .as the paddles are swung into vand out of engagement with the vscreen or laterally for scraping purposes.` I

In its more detail nature, the invention includes those novel details' of construction, combination and arran ement of parts,all of which willbejfirst ully described, then be speoificallypointed"out in the appended 280,976, I i have disclosed a structure in which is pro- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 24, 1920,

Applicationiled May 26, 1919.' Serial No. 299,735.

claims and illustrated in the accompanyin drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portable pumping apparatus embodying the invention. Y

Fig. 2 isa detail perspective view of one of the specificembodiments of the invention showing rthe screen vwith the paddles arranged to be operated in unison as Scrapers. Fig.'3 is a transverse section of the same on' the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

i Fig. 4 is a cross sectionthrough the tank showing another specific embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. l

- Fig. 6 is a detail elevation of another specie embodiment of the invention. i

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail cross sectionV of the same on the line 7-7 of 6.

' Fig. 8 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 8j-8 of lFig.'7, the parts being broken away.

In the drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in al1 of the figures, 1 represents the chassis frame'of the motor-vehicle v(which vehicle may be of the usual type) and on, whichy the tank 2 is piv- Yoted near the rear `at 3, the front of thetankA being arranged to be raisedk and lowered by a suitable elevating mechanism 4 of the usual construction.

The driving shaft of the centrifugal pump 6 is operated from the vehicle power plant througha driving connection'? of any desired or approved type. To the intake of the suction side of the pump is coupled a three-way union member 8 whose lower end vmay be tapped and provided with a nipple plug 9 (Fig. 1) and whose upper end is adapted to be engaged by thenipple 10 on the elbowll lof the suction outlet from the tank when the tank is in the lowered position. yTheelbow.llicommunicates with the liquid compartment of the tank in the usual way 'see'niy applications above referred to) ToI the outlet4 side of the pump 6 is connected an'l ejector mechanism 12,' the'disthe face of the screen. The screen 18 prefn erably consists ol a `wire mesh or perforated kbody'held in a suitable angle iron frame 19 and pivotally mounted on the transverse pipe 17 which acts asthe axis of movement'V of the screen 1S whereby the screen 1S may swing as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l to 'allow of the discharge of any sediment that might collect in the liquidV chamber, the shaft 17 may be a hollowV pipe for delivering the washing fluid to the nozzle-20 by which it is projected over the screen 18 to clear off the material therefrom. All of the'parts 'heretofore describedl may be of the usual construction and, per se, constitute no part ofthe presenti invention, asthe subject matter thereof is embodied in my application Serial No. 280,976 aforesaid.

I Willk now describe those features which constitute the present invention. On the shaft 17 j is mounted, in any suitable" Way, supporting collar members 21 to which blades 22 Vare secured, preferably by apiv'- otal connection '23. The shaft 17: is journaled in suitable bearing aperturesin the 'side Vwalls ,of thetank- 2 and isV provided with handles 24 by means of which the shaft can be rocked independently' of the screen to cause blades 22 to'leave and return into engagement With thev screen with a 'patting movement so as `to impact the screen and jar loose any clinging solids In another' embodiment of the invention l v(see Fig.` 2)l the various blades or paddles 22 are connected together by a bar 25 so thatl the paddles have movement on their pivots 23'to scrape the screen 18, as shownin'dottedlines in Figs.- 2, 3 and 6;

Thevscraping motion may be imparted to the blades 22 manually by the operator grasping the cross bar 25 and reciprocatin it or any suitable handle 26 may be'provide for that. purpose.

' Another embodiment of the. invention is illustrated in Figs. 6 to'8, inclusive, invvhicn I haveV combined With the patting andscraping'functions of the blades 22, a Washing functionfas Well;` By reference to these iig-d ures, it willl be noticed that'y the: collars 23 are provided With a chambered projection 27 which is in communication with the :in-

terior of the pipe 17 and is; itself' provided V.with ports 28'that communicate with similar ports'19 in the paddles or blades 22 which,

in this instance, are hollow and are-provided'` VWith outlet ports 28 for projecting a lspray orstream ofk fluid through the screen and also ports- 29 in theedge of the paddle for spraying the face of the screen, thereby washing Vthe surface as Well; as providing a rneans for petting it andscrapingf it.

Ofy course, when the vembodiment ofthe invention illustrated in Figs. 6` to 8, -inelusive, is employed, the nozzle 20 may *beomitted. I Y c .j From the foregoing descrlptlontaken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it 1s thought ythe complete operation, construction and the advantages of they invention will be readily understood .by Vthose skilled in theart, and I desire 1t understood that inthe present application I do not limit the use of the invention toclean-y ing: of screens in tanksof'this specific nature as: the invention may be employed wherever it is found adaptable. Ialsovvish it understood that changes in the details of constructionY and arrangement of parts may be made Without departing from thegspirit of the'invention and the scope of thefja'ppended claims. A

What' I claim` is 1. In apparatus ofthe class. described, a

settling tank, a screenwithin said tankand jar material loose therefr'o providedl with means whereby thesaid blade 1 may beswungtinto and'out of engagement With the screen; Y `3. In combination with a screen, a shaft mountedacross theface-4 of the screen, bladesA pendent from-the shaft, and means for roek-V ingsaidl shaft tocause saidfl blades to pat the screen.

4:2 The combination with a screen, ashaft rockably journaled adjacent tothe face of they screen, Vblades pendently supported l vfromwthe shaft andv means whereby said bladesmay'be moved aerosslthe face of the.

screen; to scrapeithe same.

5. The combination-with a screen, a shaft rockably journaled adjacent the face of the screen, blades pendently supported from the:-

shaft, means whereby saidblades maybe movedacross the face ofthe screen to scrape the, same, and means whereby said shaft may be rockedy tol cause said blades to jar the screen. l v

6:7111: combination with ascreen, ka comb'ined'screenpatter, scraper and Washer.de`r

f- 7. In combination' with; a screen, al device s. In Combination withv a Sme-rg. a. hollow shaft journaled'to lie'alongf the face'of the screen, fluid distributing'- unions carried by4 said shaft, VfluidVv distributing blades connect-` led to said unions andk lying against the face.

offthe screen. v Y 4 Y f l Y 9.I In combination Withascreen, :iL-hollow shaft journaled* to lie alongi the faceA ofthe screen, Huid-l distributing unions carried by said E shaft, fluid distributing v"blades connect ed to said unions and lying against the vface of the screen, and means whereby said shaft` may be rocked to moye said blades toward and from the face of the screen. t f

10. In combination with a screen, a hollow shaft journaled to lie along the face of the screen, fluid distributing unions carried by said shaft, fluid distributing blades conneoted to said unions and lying against theV face of the screen7 and means whereby said blades maybe moved across the face of the Sc'reen in a plane parallel thereto( l1. In combination with a screen, a hollow shaft journaled to lie along the face ofthe screen, .fluid distributing unions carried by said shaft, fluid distributing blades con- .Y

neeted' to said unions and lying against the? face of the screen, means whereby said shaft may be rocked to move said blades tol' Ward andv -fromithe face of the screen, .and

means whereby said blades may be movedy 

